Rich, great shots. Man, I was freezing my ass off out there at Shea and it shows! LOL. I really dig the pictures of you at the Hall, especially the one next to the Satch Paige. You should have found Mordecai Brown's plaque and put up three fingers!

Great shots, Rich. It was great to have you in Boston. I can't imagine it will be too long before I am in LB again.

Looks like a great trip with awesome pictures.

Also, I see your a great admirer of strikeout machines (your 2 favorite pitchers Koufax and Ryan). Sorry, I'm not with you about Ryan. He was too wild (so many walks). I can think of at least 10 better pitchers than him since the 60's (Gibson, Marichal, Seaver, Palmer, Perry, Carlton, Clemens, Maddux, Big Unit and Pedro).

Great pictures.

Seeing your Cooperstown pictures (and remembering one taken of me many years ago with my 8 month old son in front of Babe Ruth's locker) reminds me why ball fans can get so passionate about Hall of Fame inclusions and exclusions.

It sounds like a great trip.

You should have found Mordecai Brown's plaque and put up three fingers!

Or you should have found Juan Marichal's plaque and put up one finger!

Otherwise, Rich...had a regal blast hanging with you, Joe, Alex and madcap Klap.

AND IT'S CALLED A SLICE OF PIZZA...NOT JUST PIZZA!

Rich and Joe, the O'Brien's loved having you as our guests in Philly. We are hoping that your visit to the original coast coupled with the good time you had will motivate you to take more trips to the right! You missed Citizens Bank Park and PNC Bank Field, so there is more to see back here. Your photos at Cooperstown especially caught your love and passion for the game! Truly, you were in your element. Kevin and I will give you another try at beating us in golf on your next trip!

Nicely captured. Fun for all to follow along. Of course, the next DH has to be Joe Willie Lederer, right?

Rich---

Great to share your adventure over the past week on the blog. Your pictures at Cooperstown brought back great memories of my two visits there. I think its about time to go back!!

Glad that you and Joe could share such a great trip!

Great shots, Rich (I like your mechanics.) Only photo missing is of the dead soldiers at John's. We'll do it again next year!

Thanks everyone for the feedback and kind comments.

Re Juan Marichal, I was surprised to learn that he is the only player from the Dominican Republic who has been elected to the Hall of Fame. That will obviously change in the years to come.

Yeah I don't live to far from the HOF 35 mins and I take some drives down there time to time. Good place to go and relax. If people go down there, you should go to the lake and go on the boat tour. It talks about all the history of cooperstown and tells you where you can came and lodge at. Fun place to go unless you don't want to spend some money.

Hi Rich,

Your photos moved me. As a west coast American expatriate now living in Australia, I pine for the day I can get back stateside and make the trip to Cooperstown. My 8 month old son was born here and, rest assured, he will make that voyage with me.

Thanks.

Hi Rich,

Your photos moved me. As a west coast American expatriate now living in Australia, I pine for the day I can get back stateside and make the trip to Cooperstown. My 8 month old son was born here and, rest assured, he will make that voyage with me.

Thanks.

Nice pictures but I don't think Rich should be flashing gang signals in the Hall of Fame.

Rich - great pictures. I have very fond memories of my two trips to Cooperstown - the first in October 1993 where we watch the Phillies defeat the Braves in the NLCS and a couple years later when I attended Mike Schmidt's induction day ceremonies. If you ever go back, plan to spend some time in the oral history section of the Hall of Fame. Former Commissioner Fay Vincent has done a lot of work in that area.